10430822

Advertising and Customer Loyalty System

PublishedOctober 1, 2019
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Technical Abstract

Patent Claims
6 claims

Legal claims defining the scope of protection, as filed with the USPTO.

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1. An advertising and customer loyalty method operable to facilitate an enhanced relationship between businesses and customers comprising the steps of: providing a server, wherein the server includes the necessary electronics to receive, store, transmit and manipulate data, wherein the server is operably coupled to the Internet; providing a website, wherein the website is operated on said server, said website providing a user interface to install a software application of the advertising and customer loyalty system; registering a plurality of businesses, said plurality of businesses having a physical location, wherein during registration of the plurality of businesses a business profile is created and stored in a database operably coupled with said server; registering a plurality of customers, wherein during registration of the plurality of customers a customer profile for each customer is created and stored in said database, said customer profile containing informational and demographic data about each customer; installing the software application, wherein the at least one customer installs the software application on a portable computing device; creating a reward campaign, wherein one of the plurality of businesses creates a reward campaign wherein a business will exchange a reward for a customer that has accumulated a quantity of points; proceeding to one of the plurality of businesses, wherein one of the plurality of customers traverses to said physical location of the one of the plurality of businesses; taking a photograph, said photograph being taken by the portable computing device, said photograph having a subject matter relevant to the business where the photograph was taken; incorporating an image, wherein the software application incorporates an image into the photograph; moving the image, wherein the software application facilitates the ability to move the image on the photograph so as to place in a desired position; saving the photograph, wherein the photograph is saved to said database on said server, said photograph being saved with the image being a part thereof; posting said photograph, said photograph being posted to at least one social media platform utilizing the portable computing device; earning a point, wherein the customer taking the photograph and posting to at least one social media platform earns a point for posting said photograph to a social media platform; and visiting the business at least one additional time, taking a second photograph, wherein said second photograph is taken with the portable computing device and wherein the second photograph includes subject matter relevant to the business; posting the second photograph, wherein the second photograph is posted to a social media platform; earning a second point, said customer earning a second point for posting the second photograph to the social media platform; earning a reward, said reward being earned by the customer for posting the photograph and the second photograph to the social media platform; and redeeming points, said customer redeeming points earned for a reward at a business with a reward campaign.

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2. The advertising and customer loyalty method as recited in claim 1 , providing a map, said map having a movable pin logo thereon, wherein said plurality of businesses are able to access said map and move said movable pin logo so as to update the physical location.

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3. The advertising and customer loyalty method as recited in claim 2 , and further including the step of issuing at least one notification, said at least one notification being transmitted by the software application to the plurality of customers.

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4. The advertising and customer loyalty method as recited in claim 3 , and further including the step of providing said plurality of customers a list of businesses proximate to a geographical location of the customer, said list of businesses identifying which business has been visited by the customer.

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5. The advertising and customer loyalty method as recited in claim 4 , wherein businesses visited by a customer is identified in the software application utilizing a color scheme.

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6. The advertising and customer loyalty method as recited in claim 5 , and further including the step of adding a caption to the photograph, wherein the software application provides the customer a data field to add text to the photograph.

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Publication Date

October 1, 2019

Inventors

Ruby Vasquez
Steve Vasquez

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